A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

一个人如果对人群的事情观察得太好,就像一个人对观察蜜蜂的劳动太好奇一样,他的好奇心往往会被刺痛。

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Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not.

只有野蛮人才不好奇他们从哪里来,他们是怎么来的,他们现在在哪里,他们似乎要去哪里,他们是否想去那里,如果想去,为什么要去,如果不想去,为什么不去。

It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing.

成为一个人是一件伟大的事情。这是一件了不起的事情。突然间,我意识到自己体内有无数种嗡嗡作响的感觉,就像蜂房里的蜜蜂。先生们,这是一件伟大的事情。

How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower.

忙碌的小蜜蜂如何提高每一个光辉的时刻,并从每一朵开放的花中整天采集蜂蜜。

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

重要的是不要停止质疑。好奇心有它存在的理由。